Improvement in running-gears for carriages



J. B. WITHEY.

Carriage Spring.

Patented Dec. 27, 1870.

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ema- %tat5= JEROME B. WITHEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 110,528, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN- RUNNING-GEARS FOR CARRIAGES.

The schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makihg part of thesame.

To whom it may concern Be it known that I, J EROME B. \VITHEY, ofDetroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in a Running-Gear for Carriages; and I dodeclare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing-amt to the letters ofreference marked thereon and beiu a part of this-specification, inwhichouehalf of the rear part of my improved gear is shown inperspective. n

The nature of this invention relates to an improved running-gear forcarriages; and

It consists in the novel and peculiar construction of a pair of lightwooden frames extending across the body of the. vehicle, under each end,and connected by a proper reach.

To cross or bearing-bars at the cndsof the frames are secured shortaxles,'upon which the wheels rotate, or \vhiclraxles may rotate insuitable bearings in the cross-bars, if preferred.

Also, in the peculiar construction and. arrangement 'wit-h'relation toeach frame of a pair of spring-supthe inher to the outer cross-bar, andis provided with the cause, whereby it is secured to said bars by meansof proper bolts passiug through both.

The outer endof the jack is turned up and hooked to receive one end ofthespring, in the usual mannet.

13 is the reach, which connects the frame shown to a similar one underthe other end of the carriagehody. i

The advantages of this gear are---- First, it is lighter and more.elegant than 'any other.

Second, it is stronger and .more durable than another of greater weight.

Third, it is more simple and less liable to get out of order. v

Fourth, it will run silently, there being nothing about it that canrattle when tbe'vehicle is in order.

Fifth, it is readily taken apart and put together for shipping or otherpurposes.

Sixth, the actual cost of its manufacture isat least twenty per cent.less than that of any other form of running-gear now in use. v

What'l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The jack D, provided with cars a, as and for the purposes heroin setforth.

2. The frame, consisting-of the bars A B, in combination with the shortaxles or shafts C, jacks D, and reach E, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

JEROME B. WITHEY,

Witnesses FREDERICK Erasers, Mann-1.x STEWART.

